Cuff-link



6.1, BBADBURY. CuFF LINK.A

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.6, 1921.

1,370,779, Patented Mar. s, 1921.

317cm. GEW

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE JEROME BRADBURY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT COLUMBIA.

CUFF-LINK.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. BRADBURY, a resident of Washington, in theDistrict of Columbia, and a citizen of the United States, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Links, of which'thefollowing is a specification.

One object of this invention is to provide a novel construction of cufflink which will effectually restrainthe button head from accidentalrelease and consequent loss, but facilitate the removal of the head fromthe link when necessary or desirable.

Another objectlof the invention is to provide a cuif link which may beeasily applied to a cuff and which will be light, inexpensive, and of anattractive appearance.

Other incidental objects will appear in the course of the followingdescription and the invention resides incertain novel features whichwill be particularly pointed out in the appended claims. Y

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a side elevation of one of the cuil links embodying myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4 4 0f Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a detail elevation showing the manner of detaching the headfrom the link; and

Fig. 6 is a view in section of one modified form of the link.

The link is telescopic in construction and comprises a central sleeve 1and end sleeves 2, fitting closely but slidably in the opposite ends ofthe central sleeve. The inner ends of the sleeves 2 are open, as clearlyshown in Fig. 2, but the outer ends thereof are closed by the heads 3,which project annularly beyond the sleeves and thereby present stopshoulders 4 to limit the movement of the respective end sleeves inwardlyrelative to the central sleeve by contact with the adjacent end of thecentral sleeve as will be readily understood. A .coiled expansion spring5 is housed within the sleeves with its ends against the heads 3 andtends constantly to hold the end sleeves apart. To prevent separation ofthe several sleeves under the influence of the spring I provide thecombined connecting rod and button car- Specicatonof Letters Patent.

Patent-ea Mar. s, 1921.

Application filed January 6, 1921. Serial No. 435,426. Y

rier 6, which extends axially through all the sleeves and through theheads 3, the projecting ends of the rod being formed into hooks 7, whichmay be engaged through the eyes or Shanks 8 of the .buttons 9. The saideyes or Shanks will be held firmly against the outer face of the heads3, by the combined laction of the spring 5 and the hooks 7 and the endsleeves, thereby prevented from separating from the central sleeve. Forfurther security, the heads 3 are each provided with a notch 10 `in itsedge to receive the bill 11 of the hook 7, so that the eye or shank 8may be held in contact with the head and relative rotation of the headand the rod will be prevented. This construction, moreover, permits thehook to be heldin engagement with the head when the button is removed,so that separation of the sleeves will be prevented under allcircumstances. Diametrically opposite the notch 10, each head 3 is outaway segmentally, as at l2, and the chordal `face is beveled outwardly,as shown at 13. Ifzthe rod 6 be turned so that the bill 11 of the hook 7is presented to the surface 13,*the button may be easily removed from orengaged with the hook, as will be readily understood on reference toFig. 5. v f Y From the foregoing description, taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, it will be readily seen that I have provideda light, easily manipulated, inexpensive and attractive device which maybe easily applied to a cuff and will efficiently holdV the cuif closed.In applying the fastener to a cuff, the button may be turned to aposition parallel or substantially parallel to the axis of the link andthen inserted through the button hole, or the button may be removed andrengaged with the link after the end of the latter has been passedthrough the button hole. The readiness with which the button may beengaged with or detached from the link makes feasible the provision of aplurality of buttons for use in connection with the same link so that ata small cost the user may obtain a wide variation in his dress. Inapplying a button to a link, the eye or shank of the button is engagedonthe hook while the latter is in the position shown in Fig. 5. Afterthe button has been fully engaged upon the hook, the latter is rotatedabout the axis of the link, the bill of the hook riding on the outerface of the head 3 until it reaches the notch 10, whereupon the spring 5Vwill instantly expand Yand effect engagement of the Vhook in the notch.Accidental separation of the parts can not then occur, and, if it bedesired to remove the button, the hook must be Withdrawn from the notch"and then rotated until the eye of the button may be removed past thebeveled 'face 13. In the modification shown in Fig. 6 instead of the endsleeves 2a fitting slidably within the central sleeve la the centralsleeve is slidabl 'mounted Within the end sleeves 2aL thus giving to thelink a. neat and attractive appearance.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination of a telescopic link, a button carrier passingthrough said link, buttons'on the ends of the buttony carrier, and meanshoused Within the link to yieldingly hold theV ends of the carrieragainst the exterior of the endsof the link.

f2. The combination of-a telescopic link,

the ends of the link being closed and Vprovidedreach with a notch, abutton carrier mounted in the link and terminating in hooks exterior tothe link, buttons engaged on said hooks, and means for holding each hooknormally in engagement with the notch in the adjacent end of the link.

Y 3. The vcombination of a telescopic link consisting of acentral-sleeve and end sleeves slidably mounted in the central sleeve,heads closing the outer-ends of the end sleeves and presenting stopshoulders to the ends of the central sleeve, a spring housed within thesleeves and bearing against said heads, a rod extending through theheads, and buttons carried'by the ends of said rod, the spring holdingthe heads to the ends of the rod.

4. The combination of a link, a button carrier rotatably and slidablymounted in the link, a button engaged on the button carrier, and meanswhereby removal of the button will be prevented When the carrier isrotated to rone position of the'carrier and permitted in anotherposition thereof. 5. The combination-of a link, la head at the end ofthe link provided With a notch and with a beveled chordal4 surface at apoint diametrically opposite the notch, a button carrying hook Vslidablyand rotatably mounted in said head, a button engageable with andremovablefrom said hook when the bill thereof .is-presented to saidbeveled Ychordal' surface and means onnormall holding the bill of thehook in Vengagement Y In testimony whereof I hereunto ,affix mysignature. I l Y VGEORGE JERQME BRADBURY.

